Ike Floyd (23) of Springs, breaks out of a tackle by three Iowa-Grant players during the first quarter during Saturday's WIAA Division 6 state semifinal in Middleton.

Written by

Mike Rogers
The Reporter

The St. Mary's Springs vaunted rushing attack spent the second and third rounds of the playoffs spinning its wheels. Not Saturday.

Iowa-Grant had no answer for the speed of the Ledgers' running backs or the strength of their linemen in a 54-14 rout in a WIAA Division 6 state semifinal at Middleton High School's Otto Breitenbach Stadium.

"We did a lot better than I thought we would," Springs lineman Patrick Soldner said. "We had another rough week of practice. But we came out and proved ourselves." ...